Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from National Museums Scotland

Objects pulled from peat bog reveal secrets of 300-year-old cold case

Newly unveiled artefacts paint a picture of a life ‘cut tragically short’

The Independent UK

Items found with 18th-century suspected murder victim go on show

The body was found in 1964 on the Isle of Lewis.

Evening Standard

166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

LiveScience

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Jurassic dinosaur fossil extracted from cliff in Scottish island

A FOSSIL first spotted in a Scottish island over 50 years ago has finally been extracted from the base of the cliff where it was found and,…

The National (Scotland)

Elgol dinosaur fossil found in 1973 finally extracted from Scottish cliff

The fossil dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod

Evening Standard

Fossil from dinosaur the size of a pony pulled from cliff on Isle of Skye

It dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod

The Independent UK

Stories behind museum’s Gaelic objects to be told in new project

It is a collaboration between National Museums Scotland and Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

'Fascinating' Viking Age inscription reveals who owned immensely valuable 'Galloway Hoard'

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

LiveScience

Translated runes shed 'compelling' new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

A NEWLY translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have announced ...

The National (Scotland)

Newly translated runes shed ‘compelling’ new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

The Viking Age hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in Balmaghie, near Kirkcudbright, in 2014.

Evening Standard

Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved

A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered

The Guardian - UK

Large ‘tail vanes’ enabled pterosaurs to take to the air, scientists announce

A team led by palaeontologists at the University of Edinburgh used new laser technology to study the tail vane on a 150-million-year-old fossil.

Evening Standard

Researchers finally solve the mystery of the flying dinosaurs

Pterosaurs – commonly known as pterodactyls – lived some 225 million years ago

The Independent UK

Historic 100-year-old festive photographs of rural Scotland released for first time

A GROUP of historic photographs offering a glimpse into Scotland’s rural past from more than 100 years ago will be available for the first time ...

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Fossils in Highland cave suggest polar bear ancestry for Scottish bears

NEW analysis of ancient bones and fossils found in a Highland cave has revealed evidence which could suggest polar bears once roamed Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Viking-age treasures discovered in Scotland to go on display in Australia

A hoard of “exceptional” Viking-age objects discovered by a metal detectorist in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 will go on display in Australia…

Evening Standard

Galloway Hoard to go on display in Australia at start of international tour

The Viking-age items were unearthed in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.

The National (Scotland)

'Iconic' Lewis chessmen redisplayed to allow for 'in the round view'

The “iconic” Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time...

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard found in Borders saved for the nation

An “utterly unique” hoard of hundreds of Bronze Age items discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders has been saved for the…

Evening Standard

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard saved for the nation

The Peebles Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders in 2020.

The National (Scotland)

'Special': Roman armour found in Scotland goes on display after reconstruction

A “RARE and special” piece of Roman armour reconstructed from fragments found in Scotland into one of only three of its kind in the world has…

The National (Scotland)

Viking-age treasure found in Scotland originally from West Asia researchers discover

A VESSEL which contained treasures from a Viking-age hoard found in Scotland will go on display for the first time this year after it was discovered…

The National (Scotland)

Jurassic fossils found on Scottish island provides groundbreaking discovery

TWO unique Jurassic fossils discovered on the Isle of Skye have shown that mammals in the time of dinosaurs grew slower and lived longer than…

The Independent UK

Skye fossils show Jurassic mammals lived longer and grew more slowly than today

The study was carried out by an international team led by researchers at National Museums Scotland.

LiveScience

'Incredibly rare' 2nd-century Roman armor pieced together like an 'ancient jigsaw puzzle'

Conservators in the U.K. have painstakingly reassembled a piece of Roman armor that was broken into more than 100 pieces.

1 2 3

People

GALLOWAY

44 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the British Museum

373 stories

University of Edinburgh

183 stories

the University of Edinburgh

140 stories

National Museums Scotland

58 stories

the University of Southampton

the University of Aberdeen

46 stories

University of Southampton

37 stories

NMS

24 stories

the National Museum of Scotland

21 stories

National Museums

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.